Q. Are you currently a member or have you ever been a member of any of the following groups?

Currently a member

Previously a member

Never been a member

Union

12%

31%

56%

Business/industry association

6%

9%

85%

Political party

2%

6%

91%

Professional sporting clubs (AFL, NRL, etc.)

10%

11%

79%

Local Sporting clubs

14%

22%

64%

Local community organisation (Lions, Rotary, etc)

5%

10%

85%

Active member of a Church

12%

17%

71%

School council or parents group

7%

19%

75%

Environment group

4%

7%

89%

Other voluntary organisation

14%

21%

66%

14% say they are members of local sporting clubs, 14% other voluntary groups, 12% are union members and 12% active church members. 31% are previous union members, 22% previous members of local sporting clubs and 21% were previously members of other volunteer organisations.

Currently a member

Total

Men

Women

Aged 18-34

Aged 35-54

Aged 55+

Union

12%

13%

12%

17%

14%

5%

Business/industry association

6%

9%

3%

9%

6%

2%

Political party

2%

3%

1%

3%

2%

2%

Professional sporting clubs (AFL, NRL, etc.)

10%

14%

6%

10%

11%

8%

Local Sporting clubs

14%

17%

12%

13%

14%

15%

Local community organisation (Lions, Rotary, etc)

5%

6%

5%

7%

4%

6%

Active member of a Church

12%

12%

13%

12%

11%

13%

School council or parents group

7%

6%

7%

6%

10%

2%

Environment group

4%

5%

3%

5%

5%

2%

Other voluntary organisation

14%

11%

16%

9%

13%

21%

Women were more likely to be members of volunteer organisations (16%) and church members (13%).

Men were more likely to be local sporting clubs (17%) and professional sporting clubs (14%).

Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?

Total

Last week

8/11/16

2 weeks ago

1/11/16

4 weeks ago

18/10/16

Election 2 Jul 16

Liberal

34%

35%

36%

34%

National

3%

3%

2%

3%

Total Liberal/National

37%

38%

38%

37%

42.0%

Labor

37%

37%

37%

37%

34.7%

Greens

11%

10%

10%

11%

10.2%

Nick Xenophon Team

3%

3%

2%

3%

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

6%

6%

6%

5%

Other/Independent

6%

6%

7%

6%

13.1%

2 party preferred

Liberal National

47%

47%

48%

47%

50.4%

Labor

53%

53%

52%

53%

49.6%

NB. Sample = 1,786 The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2016 election.

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the proposal to change the Racial Discrimination Act so that it is no longer unlawful to “offend or insult” someone because of their race or ethnicity? It will still be unlawful to “humiliate or intimidate” someone because of their race or ethnicity.

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Sep 2016

Total approve

44%

37%

58%

26%

51%

45%

Total disapprove

33%

40%

23%

62%

31%

35%

Strongly approve

15%

11%

22%

7%

18%

16%

Approve

29%

26%

36%

19%

33%

29%

Disapprove

18%

22%

13%

26%

22%

18%

Strongly disapprove

15%

18%

10%

36%

9%

17%

Don’t know

23%

23%

19%

12%

17%

21%

44% approve of changing the Racial Discrimination Act so that it is no longer unlawful to “offend or insult” someone because of their race or ethnicity and 33% disapprove. 58% of Liberal/National voters approve of changing the Act while 62% of Greens voters disapproved. Labor voters were split 37% approve/40% disapprove.

These results are very similar to those when this question was asked in September.